A Tiny Tirade About Bing
18 June, 2009, 1:25 pm
Is Bing better than Google? Does Google cause “search overload” do we even need a “decision engine”? Hold your decision for just a moment and let me rant for a second, then feel free to make up your mind.
The Bing craze is slowing down now and people aren’t talking about it as much as they were. So now it’s time I had my say.
I am going to go ahead and tell you that I like Google. Very few companies will ever win my loyalty. Google has done well for me and they have mine. But of course, I have to play around a little bit with every new toy. I don’t care who makes it (even Microsoft). And I played around a little bit with Bing when the noise started.
Here is what I think
I think Bing will be about like every other release by Microsoft (except for maybe win 3.1, 95 and XP); heavily touted, billions spent on marketing, and then not really survive.
Let’s face it, MS has a couple products that have survived but the majority just aggravate people. Can anyone say Millenium? Or would you prefer to say Vista?
And who needs a freaking Decision Engine? Do you really want some techy lab idiot who is so busy programming algorithms that he can’t find a date to make decisions for you about what you really wanted when you typed in “grandma riding a horse.” Yeah, I didn’t think so.
And what is all this they keep saying about search overload? Have you seen these ads? They make it look like when you use Google you just can’t sort through the overwhelming amount of information.
Seriously? Have you ever felt overwhelmed when you googled? If you have, perhaps it was time for a xanax.
No, I think I will remain loyal to Google. I will say though, that I do like the random image that bing offers on the home page. It is fun to waste a little time learning about something new by scrolling over the areas of the image.
Thing is though, when I am really in search mode, the last thing I need is another distraction.
Sorry Bing, you look cool, but you don’t get my vote.
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I don’t see the difference between bing and Google (at least in a cursory look). I took a look at hunch.com, and that seemed to offer a bit more context.
That being said, I prefer to search and filter my own results…
I always search on Google so I will remain loyal to Google.
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